Category: Fun Facts

Everyone knows that cell phone contracts can get out of hand. There are contract fees, internet fees, upgrade fees, and even fees to end a contract. One Chicago man took his efforts to get out of his contract to an extreme level. After learning that he would have to pay $175 to get out of […]

Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day in the early 1900s, starting as what she called a Mother’s Friendship Day to try to form unity between Confederate and Union mothers. This fueled her mission to create a day that would honor mothers all over the country. It started as a Mother’s Day church service and became widely […]

Constructed from bricks and stone, the Winecoff Hotel was known as one of the fanciest, most glamorous hotels in the Southeastern United States. The hotel was built in 1913, and it was touted as being “fireproof”. As such, there was no sprinkler system or fire escape plan in motion. Unfortunately, this resulted in the death […]

Crazy news stories aren’t new in this century. In 1947, William Cimillo was a bus driver for Surface Transportation Company, for whom he had worked for 17 years. Instead of driving his usual route, he one day decided to head for New Jersey. For days, no one heard a thing from him. His family was […]

Sylvester Magee’s headstone says that he was born on May 29, 1841, in North Carolina, and died on October 21, 1971, in Mississippi. That’s right… that would make him 130 years old at the time of his death. Magee’s obituary also claimed that he was the “last American slave.” According to stories he told, he […]

Ask anyone what comes to mind when they hear the word “jacuzzi and they’ll all say the same thing. It’s a luxury tub, a hot tub, or a jetted tub. But jacuzzi is one of those words that is often misused. Jacuzzi is actually the name of the most popular portable spa manufacturer. It’s like […]

Juan Pujol went by the codename GARBO during World War II. Born in Barcelona, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, claiming to have fought on both sides. He decided to use his deception skills to serve the role of a British double agent in the Second World War. Pujol was able to convince Germany […]

Gingerbread men can bring about much more than just holiday cheer. Dunkin’ Donuts decided to take it to the next level and survey customers about their gingerbread cookie-eating habits. They asked over 5000 people and found that 64% of them eat the head of the gingerbread man first. A neurological researcher says that this means […]

Prisoners’ last meals have become a topic of conversation and public interest, to the point where many states and prisons have websites or webpages dedicated to listing the contents of each condemned prisoner’s last meal. In 1995, Thomas Grasso made it his final mission to share his final meal mishap with the world. Grasso, a […]

John McEnroe has made his name as one of the greatest tennis players in recent history, but, unfortunately, he has also made another list: the list of lowest-rated television shows. In 2004, McEnroe launched his talk show, simply called McEnroe, on CNBC. The first week of the show raked in a measly 174,000 viewers, and […]